When SHTF, many people will be very happy that they’ve stockpiled weapons and have sufficiently trained with these weapons to protect successfully their families from the dangers of a society that have fallen apart. However, some people will not have prepared this way. Eventually, even the ones who have will run out of ammunition, or…
(VIDEO) You’ve Run Out of Water Post-Collapse. Here’s What You Need to Do to Find Water ASAP.
Once you have an established shelter and a way to let people know you are there, whether it be a brightly-colored flag or an S.O.S. in the sand, your next priority is going to be water. People can only live a few days without water, even less in an arid and hot environment, and keeping…
(VIDEO) Check Out This Self-Sustaining Tiny Home Made by Slovak Architects – Would You Live in It?!
The most difficult thing about bugging out is going to be maintaining a normal lifestyle while doing so. This means having electricity, having typical comforts of home, and being able to keep both of these things for an extended period without having to worry about being on the grid or constantly having to refuel your…
During a SHTF Situation, You May Need to Jump From a Building Into a Dumpster. Here’s How to Make That Happen.
We’ve seen it in movies a million times. The hero is being chased by an army of bad guys and is jumping from rooftop to rooftop only to come to a sudden stop at a dead end with no more rooftops left to jump to. When the bad guys are closing in, the hero must…
Trials Every New Prepper Will Go Through…
Being a prepper is a somewhat difficult and, at times, lonely position to be in. For many new preppers, and for many seasoned veterans, as well, there is a lot of confusing and contradicting material out there. On top of that, very few family members and friends will fully understand why you are doing what…
5 Fire Starting Materials That Are Right Under Your Nose at Home
Perhaps you’ve run out of matches, or your lighter is drained of fuel. Without these tools, lighting a fire is very difficult for a majority of people. Unless you’ve practiced more primitive fire-starting methods several times, chances are you’re going to have a difficult time getting a flame going without one of these two staples.…
These Strategies Will Keep You Alive When the Grid Goes Down
When people think about survival and prepping, their first thoughts naturally are drawn to bugging out to a remote location. They also think of a prepper with a well-stocked pack on their back or driving a souped-up off-road vehicle loaded with supplies to a well-armed cabin in the woods. There in the woods the survivalist…
5 Amazing Tiny Homes for Preppers. Would You Live in One?!
Tiny homes are a trend that is sweeping the nation with surprising vigor. Gone are the days when buying a home meant you had to spend a fortune and pay off a mortgage for the rest of your working years. With fewer and fewer people having faith in the economy, more people, especially the younger…
Learn How to Make Hardtack, Survival Food That Has Been Around Since the Time time of Egyptian Pharaohs!
Hardtack has been around in one form or another as far back as when the Egyptian pyramids were being constructed. They’ve been a staple food to prevent starvation for voyagers through the ages, as they lasted for years when prepared properly and could be paired with any other food to stretch rations. Christopher Columbus had…
6 Ways to Use Old Smart Phones for Survival Tasks Today
Smartphones come and go. As with most technologies, the second you leave the store with your brand new smartphone in tow, it becomes obsolete. This leaves the question of what you will do with your old smartphone once you’ve replaced it. Many people have a drawer or cabinet full of old phones from the past…
(VIDEO) ‘Fat Guys’ Host Gathers His Snack Pack, Pen, and Rabbit Droppings. What He Does Next? I Can’t Stop Thinking About This!
Necessity is the mother of invention, so they see. Innovation is the survivalists best friend, because what separates the survivor from those who die of starvation or exposure is that the survivalist will look at everything they have with a critical eye, figuring out a million uses for every item in their possession. Of course,…
(VIDEO) These Practical Survival Uses From a Tampon Will Blow Your Mind
Tampons, of course, have their place in the world. They serve a very important purpose for those who need them, and they serve this purpose very well. Of course, survivalists wouldn’t be survivalists if they didn’t find some more uses for this bathroom necessity. As it turns out, what makes tampons so spectacular at their…
(VIDEO) He Takes Out a 2 Liter Bottle and Water. What He Makes With Them? I Still Can’t Believe It!
There are a lot of reasons you should carry a bottle of water with you whenever you go on an adventure. But who would have thought that starting a fire was one of them? What makes this even more useful is that while you are attempting to use the sun’s ultraviolet rays to focus an…
(VIDEO) Check Out These Top Three Shelters From ‘Fat Guys in the Woods’ – Incredible!
If you find yourself in a survival situation, your priority should be sheltered, every time. With that in mind, not every shelter will work for every situation. There’s a reason traditional home designs are different around the world: they are designed to work with that specific climate. Primitive shelters are the same way. While you…
(VIDEO) For an Ancient Survival Tool, This Iceman Coppe Axe Blade Tops the List! It’s INSANE!
Otzi the Iceman was an ancient man found frozen in a glacier in the Alps on the border between Austria and Italy. He is estimated to have lived about 5000 years ago and has given archeologists many insights into how people lived back then, as Otzi is a unique example of a natural mummy. One…
(VIDEO) Firearms You Should Add to Your Arsenal NOW, Before it’s too Late…
One of the largest fears for preppers when SHTF is large bands of roving bandits that will essentially act as the Vikings once did, breaking into homes and pillaging and killing. While this may not be a precisely accurate portrayal of how things will go down in the uncertain future, history can tell us that…
(VIDEO) Make a Crossbow From Scratch and be Prepared to Handle Anything During SHTF!
If you find yourself in a survival situation, eventually you are going to come to the problem of how you are going to feed yourself. If you have adequate water and shelter, food should be near the top of your list of priorities. While humans can live several weeks without food, it won’t be long…
(VIDEO) This Family Lives in a 168-Square-Foot Home. Now Wait Until You See What’s Inside.
The recession hit a lot of people hard and gave new vitalization to the prepping movement. People who firsthand witnessed the brunt of the economic shift began to adopt new ways of saving money and learned how to buffer their lives against the economic instability just in case it got worse. For many, it did.…
(VIDEO) This 16-Year-Old Builds a Tiny Home. When You Learn What’s Inside? Insane!
If you have ever spent even a few hours on Pinterest, chances are you have seen one or two references to a “tiny house” or “self-built house.” This isn’t surprising, as the tiny house phenomenon is gaining ground in our country, especially with the youngest generation that is preparing to leave home. The reason for…
(VIDEO) How to Hot Wire a Car in Less Than Two Minutes
It’s an unfortunate situation: You have an important meeting to get to or your children need to be picked up from school, but you can’t find your car keys. Either they fell out of your pocket as you went throughout your day or you accidently set them down somewhere and forgot to pick them up.…